Early years education and childcare

Early years education and childcare has become an increasingly prominent area of social policy, largely because of its perceived potential to improve developmental and educational outcomes, tackle disadvantage, and increase maternal employment.

As a result it has become an important area of focus for the Foundation, and between 2009 and 2014 we committed over £2 million in funding for research and innovation projects in early years education and childcare. These projects were funded by our Education and Children and Families programmes and are listed in the Our work in this area section of this page.